Rhino: Agencies – A senior United Nations official on Friday called for more international attention to the “forgotten crisis” in Sudan, where more than a year and a half of war has pushed the African nation to the brink of famine.

The war, which erupted in April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, has created “one of the most severe crises in living memory” by forcing more than 14 million people to flee their homes, making Sudan the world’s largest displacement crisis, said Ted Chaiban, deputy director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

“Never in a generation have we seen these kinds of numbers,” he told the Associated Press in an interview, referring to the displaced, in addition to 8.5 million people facing serious levels of food insecurity and another 775,000 facing famine-like conditions.

“The whole country has disintegrated, and yet, despite that, the country and the crisis are forgotten,” Chaiban added.